South Africa

Lebowakgomo - Limpopo's Education Department continues to get the lion's share of the overall provincial budget as the provincial government continues to prioritise education.

Premier of Limpopo, Cassel Mathale;
Minister for Arts and Culture, Lulu Xingwana;
Ministers and MECs;
Executive Mayor of Sekhukhune District Municipality, Mogobo Magabe;
Executive Mayor of Fetakgomo Local Municipality, Colman Marota;
Members of the Diplomatic Corps;
Ladies and gentlemen; and
Fellow South Africans;

Pietermaritzburg - Liberation stalwarts, who played a major role in the building and changing the lives of South Africans, were honoured and remembered during the Heritage Day celebrations.

Johannesburg - Athletics South Africa (ASA) Board is currently meeting in Kempton Park today to discuss its President Leonard Chuene's handling of the Caster Semenya saga.

Pretoria - South Africans across the country are celebrating their rich and diverse culture on National Heritage Day, with various celebrations held countrywide.

Sekhukhune - Acting President, Kgalema Motlanthe, has called on all South Africans, who have craft skills, to creatively use their skills for income generation to minimise the effect of the global recession.

Pretoria - South Africa is to participate in the 2nd Africa-South America Summit which aims to further enhance cooperation between the two regions.

Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister, Ebrahim Ebrahim, will lead a South African delegation to the fourth meeting of the SA-Iran Deputy Ministerial Working Group.

Johannesburg - FIFA is working closely with international authorities to crack down on the sale of illegal 2010 FIFA World Cup tickets.

Pretoria - Athletics South Africa (ASA) boss Leonard Chuene is to retain his position as the federation's President.

Johannesburg - The number of H1N1 flu deaths in South Africa continues to climb with the figure now standing at 59 deaths, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Friday.

Pretoria - Preliminary findings are indicating that it could have been engine failure that was responsible for Thursday's SA Airlink plane crash in Merebank, south of Durban.

Pretoria - Its all systems go for the South African Football Association's (SAFA) much anticipated elections.

Geneva - A total of 21 countries have officially reported 1 085 lab-confirmed human infection cases of the A/H1N1 flu virus to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Durban - The fifth annual National Indigenous Games kicked-off in Durban on Friday morning.